The title is floridly overblown, but the article itself is a good takedown not just of Reddit, but all the major social sites today which are trying to make money off of free "content production" by an unregulated community and the idea that making money in that way is even possible. He doesn't mention 4chan, but I guess that's the original progenitor for the idea that an unpoliced ball pit will generate all the content on the internet.

Thad wrote:Also it turns out Alexis Ohanian -- you know, the "popcorn is delicious" guy who wasn't ousted -- was personally responsible for firing Victoria Taylor, and Pao had absolutely nothing to do with it.

That so large and vocal a chunk of Reddit's userbase automatically blamed it all on the Asian woman while assuming the white guy was on their side is pretty much exactly the problem.

Statistically, at least a few of them will have the self-awareness to recognize the irony and take a long hard look at themselves.

Thad wrote:Also it turns out Alexis Ohanian -- you know, the "popcorn is delicious" guy who wasn't ousted -- was personally responsible for firing Victoria Taylor, and Pao had absolutely nothing to do with it.

That so large and vocal a chunk of Reddit's userbase automatically blamed it all on the Asian woman while assuming the white guy was on their side is pretty much exactly the problem.

Statistically, at least a few of them will have the self-awareness to recognize the irony and take a long hard look at themselves.